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Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) vs. IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC

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Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)

338 Reviews and Ratings

IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC

118 Reviews and Ratings

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon S3

    Score8.7 out of 10
    		N/AAmazon S3 is a cloud-based object storage service from Amazon Web Services. It's key features are storage management and monitoring, access management and security, data querying, and data transfer.N/A

    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC

    Score7.9 out of 10
    		N/AIBM Cloud Virtual Servers are customizable, public or private, cloud-based servers available from IBM. User can launch applications and software across blended, hybrid environments as the servers integrate with all cloud models.

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    Pricing
    Amazon S3IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (dedicated host)
    starting at $0.22
    per hour
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (dedicated host)
    starting at $149.00
    per month
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (multi-tenant)
    starting at $0.038
    per hour
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (multi-tenant)
    starting at $25.21
    per month
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (reserved)
    starting at $0.02
    per hour
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (reserved)
    starting at $13.27
    per month
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (transient)
    starting at $0.01
    per hour
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon S3IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—IBM Cloud virtual servers include 250 GB of outbound public bandwidth, unmetered inbound public bandwidth, and unmetered private and management network bandwidth.
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon S3IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
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    Amazon AWS
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    IBM
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    I am open to the cloud and new technology. I always try to check what every cloud can provide and I try to have the experience on each Cloud service. IBM has also proved it's capability to provide the same value of service under lower prices. I am happy to have my applications …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    If I had to list a personal "grand total", IBM Cloud would always come last due to the poor integration options and its tooling.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Amazon S3IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    9.0
    8 Ratings
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    -
    Ratings
    Universal recovery9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery7.97 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recovery verification8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business application protection8.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations9.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud9.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Snapshots9.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment9.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management dashboard8.18 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform support8.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Retention options10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption9.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    8.8
    8 Ratings
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    -
    Ratings
    Continuous data protection9.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Replication9.27 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics8.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware protection8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities9.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    8.7
    88 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings9.081 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings8.676 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings8.664 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings8.573 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings8.284 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings9.078 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings8.884 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings9.178 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon S3IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (74 ratings)
    8.2
    (89 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (21 ratings)
    8.1
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)